Human Subjection Section in Federal Applications

Human Subjects Section in Grants.gov and IES Electronic Submissions

A new feature of proposals submitted through grants.gov and the IES System is a section on the face page that requests detailed information about the involvement of human subjects in the research. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR IRB APPROVALPRIOR TO SUBMISSION. Rather, investigators just need to provide a brief overview for all exempt and non-exempt research that touches upon the following issues: